Award-winning Theatre company challenge
perceptions of Iran
Transit
Washington Arts Centre
Thursday 2nd March 2017
Transit, by the award-winning
theatre company Zendeh visits Arts Centre Washington on
Thursday 2 March at 7.30pm.
Director Nazli
Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh is a child of Diaspora and of the 1979 revolution that
ushered in the Islamic Republic of Iran. This has a profound influence in the
creation, circulation and distribution of their theatre work, placing Iran as a
character in all of Zendeh’s work.
For the first time in ten years
Darya, and her father, Roger, meet in the transit lounge of Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam. She is
a dual-national, trapped between two cultures, living through trauma; with a
singing voice that lights the darkness. He is a professor of music, blinded by
privilege, with a narrow view of the political landscape. As they reach out to
one another, an event a world away impacts their reconciliation.
Transit is set on 4th July 1988, the
day after Iran Air Flight 655, a civilian plane, was shot down by the United
States Navy, killing all 290 passengers on board.
As creative inspiration Transit
will reference King Lear (and its origins across Europe and the
Middle East), Persepolis by
Marjane Satrapi and personal experiences of fathers and daughters.
Zendeh is an award winning
national touring theatre company with a reputation for making high quality,
modern and relevant new work exploring themes such as migration, justice and
gender equality.
Cast
and creatives:
Director
Nazli
Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh
Writer
Steven
Gaythorpe
Composer Mariam
Rezaei
Choreographer Nadia
Iftkhar
Production
Manager Stacey Choudhury-Potter
Associate
Lighting Designer Louise
Anderson
Design
Associate Jaheda
Choudhury-Potter
Illustrator Erin
McGrath
Research Elizabeth Scott
Proof
Reader Ellie
Puckering
Tickets:
Transit visits Arts Centre Washington on Thursday 2 March as part of a national tour. Tickets are From £6 and are available from www.artscentrewashington.co.uk or by calling 0191 561 3455.
TOUR
The Byre, Abbey St, St Andrews KY16 9LA
26 February 2017
Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Rd, London E1 6LA
28 February 2017
Octagon Bolton, Howell Croft S, Bolton BL1 1SB
2 March 2017
Arts Centre Washington, Biddick Ln, Washington NE38 8AB
9 – 11 March
Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HB
14 – 15 March
Traverse Theatre, 10 Cambridge St, Edinburgh EH1 2ED
17 March
The Witham, 3 Horse Market, Barnard Castle, County Durham, DL12 8LY
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